xvii, 387 pages : 25 cm

Explores the intersection of gender, class, and indigenous ethnicity in southern Mexico. The author provides a detailed study of how the lives of women weavers and merchants in the Zapotec-speaking town of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, have changed in response to the international demand for Oaxacan textiles

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-369) and index

Introduction -- Ethnicity and class in the changing lives of Zapotec women -- Kinship, gender, and economic globalization -- Six women's stories : Julia, Cristina, Angela, Alicia, Imelda, and Isabel -- Setting the scene : the Zapotecs of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca -- Contested histories : women, men, and the relations of production in Teotitlán, 1920-1950s -- Weaving as heritage : folk art, aesthetics, and the commercialization of Zapotec textiles -- From contract to co-op : gender, commercialization, and neoliberalism in Teotitlán -- Changes in the civil-religious hierarchy and their impact on women -- Fiesta : the gendered dynamics of ritual participation -- Challenging political culture : women's changing political participation in Teotitlán -- After words : on speaking and being heard

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